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Too far to the game

Since yesterday was a holiday – the waiting room at UCSF was jammed to the gills with both the Friday and Thursday patients. Since there was little to no traffic, the drive in went smoothly, the clinic was running at … Continue reading

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Also in the box

We dropped off books this afternoon in Rohrbach, the next community down the B3 from Heidelberg. Apparently they have added a community bookshelf. While George talked to a neighbor who was walking by, I unloaded books. Sixty of them. Children’s … Continue reading

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The Book Pile

I waved good bye to our household goods; all boxed up and on their way to California. Actually it was 7 Aug 2014 but this is close enough. Since then, they were delivered. Shifted around several times. Several things have … Continue reading

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It is Monday, might as well clean

Well, the kitchen is clean. As clean as I can make it considering the water pressure in the sink decided to give up the ghost providing me only a trickle of water, a lot of buzzing with effort. To top … Continue reading

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Reprise –

Ok. I was going to give you a long and happy rant about how I finally have MY house to MYSELF. Sounds like a cat doesn’t it? Purfectly happy without all those pesky humans about who don’t deliver food on … Continue reading

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Books

Ok, so the house is now almost as empty as when we moved in. The three flew out yesterday which means I am here, all by my lonesome. I could get really snarky and make nasty comments about moms being … Continue reading

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Bye Bye Truck

I was fairly awake this morning when Nicko, Mike & Cisco – aka the moving guys – arrived shortly after 0800. This was about an hour early than we had seen them on prior days.Their plan was simple – load five … Continue reading

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and the next step

There were three packers today – the two from yesterday plus one more. Their plan today was to pack – just pack and they split up the load accordingly Lets take for example the back hall. This is where we … Continue reading

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Loading – Day 1

Imagine my surprise when the two man crew showed up with their van. Not a small one this time, but a larger one loaded with five containers. Four of these were empty and the fifth was loaded with packing materials. … Continue reading

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Prepostioning

It isn’t like we haven’t moved before, multiple times in fact. So it shouldn’t surprise you at all to find out that I have a few opinions on how I like things organized (a few? eyes rolling from various family … Continue reading

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What is up with all the rain?

This is not Hawaii where the temperatures are always the same and it rains every morning between 0200-0400.  This is Germany. It is not supposed to have consistent weather. And it is most certainly not supposed to rain each and … Continue reading

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Cat & Elephant run from the Packers

  And here it is – the first day of packing. The pre-inspection guy took lots of pictures, made an estimate of what was to be packed and agreed to have two packers start today with the specific purpose of … Continue reading

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Comparison

This is going to be short – and mostly pictures from the end of today vs what I might have started from or perhaps the all time low of in the middle of the whole mess. And yes, the packers … Continue reading

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Less than 48 hours

Till the packers come and I am much more interested in playing the occasional computer game, reading a book or making sure that I have a high quality copy of my audible purchases on a backup drive. There are those … Continue reading

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More coins – still no fountain

Where is the ability to make a wish when you need it? I have a variety of coins to contribute to the cause, but no flashing, falling, shiny water in which to pitch my bounty. Not a marble gargoyle spitting, … Continue reading

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Found objects

It is totally and completely amazing how many treasures appear when one is organizing and cleaning. Now we will completely ignore the yarn, fiber, patterns and fabric treasures. We all know about those hidden jewels, most of which are not … Continue reading

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More Coins –

no fountain. Every time I turn around, the coins seem to be proliferating. Laundry room, living room, floors and hiding in corners of rooms. My challenge of course is going to be sorting them out – then remembering to take … Continue reading

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ninety-nine boxes of books in the attic

99 boxes of books take one down and sort it all out 98 boxes of books in the attic 98 boxes of books in the attic 98 boxes of books take one down and sort it around 97 boxes of … Continue reading

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What to do

with all the books? You saw the first piles yesterday. Several solutions are possible 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) put in the car and take to Landstuhl Library and Kleber Library (you don’t need a photo for this!

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